70-270 RipOff from MS

Its been the 2nd time i fail this exam.
Worked on the manual they gave me for the course, it didnt help coz it
doesnt have anything to do with the Exams'questions that a re a lot
trickier.
Elearning licence they gave me is about the same shit, too easy and nothing
to do with the tricky malformed questions they ask you at the Exam.

I guess MS makes a lot ofmoney outta this crap. But after all who's
surprised ?

If you check out amazon.com and search for 70-270 you'll find an MS Press
book with rave reviews. It was just published this year, 2005. I think it
would be a great addition to your arsenal if you bought that and read it
thoroughly.

"" <no_spam> wrote in message
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> Its been the 2nd time i fail this exam.
> Worked on the manual they gave me for the course, it didnt help coz it
> doesnt have anything to do with the Exams'questions that a re a lot
> trickier.
> Elearning licence they gave me is about the same shit, too easy and
> nothing to do with the tricky malformed questions they ask you at the
> Exam.
>
> I guess MS makes a lot ofmoney outta this crap. But after all who's
> surprised ?
>

I concur with you on the money making part. I passed 70-270 on my first
sitting and I remember sweating a little inside the airconditioned test
center when the first questions seemed to have come from mars . What helped
me at the end of the day was not just what i studied but good logical sense
and that is what microsoft are really trying to test, not your ability to
memorise.

While I sympathize with your plight, I ask you to remember that
certifications are not meant to be easy. When I used to pay for the courses
my teachers would tell me that it was next to impossible to pass any
certification course based on one single study source.

As for the experience and command-line prompts, I will repeat myself:
Certifications are not meant to be easy. If they were they wouldn't mean
anything. A certification doesn't mean you know how to navigate Windows and
find what you are looking for by trial-and-error, it means you know the inner
workings of the program, including the command prompt.

I know a lot of 'experts' who can set up a network server and connect a few
clients to it. When things go wrong they call an expert... someone who has
the respect for his profession to invest in furthering his qualifications.

A lot of people will tell you that certifications don't mean anything. That
is because there are people who have gained certifications through
memorization, or who do not have the real-world experience that makes the
certification's true value come out. It is also something that people who
are not certified will tell you. Trust me: Once you have passed a few exams
you will appreciate the true value of them!

Good luck to you!

--
MDG, MCSA

"" wrote:
> Its been the 2nd time i fail this exam.
> Worked on the manual they gave me for the course, it didnt help coz it
> doesnt have anything to do with the Exams'questions that a re a lot
> trickier.
> Elearning licence they gave me is about the same shit, too easy and nothing
> to do with the tricky malformed questions they ask you at the Exam.
>
> I guess MS makes a lot ofmoney outta this crap. But after all who's
> surprised ?
>
>
>

hi dont be dishared.After reading the book completely go through the "test
kings " also .They will give u a good idea about the paper

"" wrote:
> Its been the 2nd time i fail this exam.
> Worked on the manual they gave me for the course, it didnt help coz it
> doesnt have anything to do with the Exams'questions that a re a lot
> trickier.
> Elearning licence they gave me is about the same shit, too easy and nothing
> to do with the tricky malformed questions they ask you at the Exam.
>
> I guess MS makes a lot ofmoney outta this crap. But after all who's
> surprised ?
>
>
>

In microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcsa, =?Utf-8?B?QXNodWFyIEphbWVlbA==?=
spewed across the ether:
>
> hi dont be dishared.After reading the book completely go through the
> "test kings " also .They will give u a good idea about the paper

I am honored and humbled to stand here, where so many of IT's greats have
come before me, and so many will follow.

We have a place, all of us, in a long story--a story we continue, but whose
end we will not see. It is the story of a new world that became a friend and
liberator of the old, a story of a slave-holding society that became a
servant of freedom, the story of a power that went into the world to protect
but not possess, to defend but not to conquer.

While our members prosper, others doubt the promise, even the justice, of
our own organization. The ambitions of some lamers, lusers, and arsefiskers
are limited by failing schools and hidden prejudice and the circumstances of
their birth. And sometimes our differences run so deep, it seems we share a
continent, but not a newsgroup.

We do not accept this, and we will not allow it. Our unity, our union, is
the serious work of the leaders and members in every generation, from
teenager to nearlydead. And this is my solemn pledge: I will work to build a
single nation of justice and opportunity.

And we are confident in principles that unite and lead us onward.

The MCNGP has never been united by blood or birth or soil. We are bound by
ideals that move us beyond our backgrounds, lift us above our interests and
peers, and teach us what it means to be certified. Every child must be
taught these principles. Every citizen must uphold them. And every
immigrant, by embracing these ideals, makes our group more, not less,
magnificent.

Some seem to believe that our politics can afford to be petty because, in a
time of peace, the stakes of our debates appear small.

But the stakes for the MCNGP are never small. If our group does not lead the
cause of certification, it will not be led. If we do not turn the hearts of
children toward knowledge and character, we will lose their gifts and
undermine their idealism. If we permit our MCSE to drift and decline, the
vulnerable will suffer most.

We must live up to the calling we share. Together, we will reclaim the value
of our certifications, before ignorance and apathy claim more young lives.

And we will reduce taxes, to recover the momentum of our economy and reward
the effort and enterprise of working Americans. (Yeah I can't do that but
what is a political speech without it.)

I am honored and humbled to stand here, where so many of IT's greats have
come before me, and so many will follow.

We have a place, all of us, in a long story--a story we continue, but whose
end we will not see. It is the story of a new world that became a friend and
liberator of the old, a story of a slave-holding society that became a
servant of freedom, the story of a power that went into the world to protect
but not possess, to defend but not to conquer.

While our members prosper, others doubt the promise, even the justice, of
our own organization. The ambitions of some lamers, lusers, and arsefiskers
are limited by failing schools and hidden prejudice and the circumstances of
their birth. And sometimes our differences run so deep, it seems we share a
continent, but not a newsgroup.

We do not accept this, and we will not allow it. Our unity, our union, is
the serious work of the leaders and members in every generation, from
teenager to nearlydead. And this is my solemn pledge: I will work to build a
single nation of justice and opportunity.

And we are confident in principles that unite and lead us onward.

The MCNGP has never been united by blood or birth or soil. We are bound by
ideals that move us beyond our backgrounds, lift us above our interests and
peers, and teach us what it means to be certified. Every child must be
taught these principles. Every citizen must uphold them. And every
immigrant, by embracing these ideals, makes our group more, not less,
magnificent.

Some seem to believe that our politics can afford to be petty because, in a
time of peace, the stakes of our debates appear small.

But the stakes for the MCNGP are never small. If our group does not lead the
cause of certification, it will not be led. If we do not turn the hearts of
children toward knowledge and character, we will lose their gifts and
undermine their idealism. If we permit our MCSE to drift and decline, the
vulnerable will suffer most.

We must live up to the calling we share. Together, we will reclaim the value
of our certifications, before ignorance and apathy claim more young lives.

And we will reduce taxes, to recover the momentum of our economy and reward
the effort and enterprise of working Americans. (Yeah I can't do that but
what is a political speech without it.)

"MitchS" <m remove this > wrote in message
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> Please skip to the bottom if you want the short version.
>
> LONG VERSION
>
> Ahem, As I begin, I thank the MCNGP for it's service to our industry.
>
> I am honored and humbled to stand here, where so many of IT's greats have
> come before me, and so many will follow.
>
> We have a place, all of us, in a long story--a story we continue, but
> whose end we will not see. It is the story of a new world that became a
> friend and liberator of the old, a story of a slave-holding society that
> became a servant of freedom, the story of a power that went into the world
> to protect but not possess, to defend but not to conquer.
>
> While our members prosper, others doubt the promise, even the justice, of
> our own organization. The ambitions of some lamers, lusers, and
> arsefiskers are limited by failing schools and hidden prejudice and the
> circumstances of their birth. And sometimes our differences run so deep,
> it seems we share a continent, but not a newsgroup.
>
> We do not accept this, and we will not allow it. Our unity, our union, is
> the serious work of the leaders and members in every generation, from
> teenager to nearlydead. And this is my solemn pledge: I will work to build
> a single nation of justice and opportunity.
>
> And we are confident in principles that unite and lead us onward.
>
> The MCNGP has never been united by blood or birth or soil. We are bound by
> ideals that move us beyond our backgrounds, lift us above our interests
> and peers, and teach us what it means to be certified. Every child must be
> taught these principles. Every citizen must uphold them. And every
> immigrant, by embracing these ideals, makes our group more, not less,
> magnificent.
>
> Some seem to believe that our politics can afford to be petty because, in
> a time of peace, the stakes of our debates appear small.
>
> But the stakes for the MCNGP are never small. If our group does not lead
> the cause of certification, it will not be led. If we do not turn the
> hearts of children toward knowledge and character, we will lose their
> gifts and undermine their idealism. If we permit our MCSE to drift and
> decline, the vulnerable will suffer most.
>
> We must live up to the calling we share. Together, we will reclaim the
> value of our certifications, before ignorance and apathy claim more young
> lives.
>
> And we will reduce taxes, to recover the momentum of our economy and
> reward the effort and enterprise of working Americans. (Yeah I can't do
> that but what is a political speech without it.)
>
> We will build our defenses beyond challenge, lest weakness invite
> challenge.
>
> We will confront weapons of mass stupidity, so that a new century is
> spared new horrors.
>
> The IT community, at its best, is a place where personal responsibility is
> valued and expected.
>
> Never tiring, never yielding, never finishing, we renew that purpose
> today, to make our country more just and generous, to affirm the dignity
> of our lives and every life.
>
> God bless you all, and God bless the MCNGP.
>
> Thank you and good night.
>
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> SHORT VERSION
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> Thank you, than you very much.
>
> And remember "Eat mor chikin" is a fallacy, Eat them cows. And lowdes
> Eat Me!
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> GRATUITOUS GIFT SECTION
>
> With my nomination and ratification I would like to present these
> heartfelt gifts to the group.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/car5o
>
> http://tinyurl.com/8qtbk
>
> http://tinyurl.com/cv6qj
>
>
> --
> Mitch "yer such a Jameshole" S.
> MCSA, A+, Net+, CCNA
> "Place your bet - Ah say - place your bets, gentlemen.
> Winnner plays, loser stays. Everyone's a winne - well, not everyone."
>

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